Movie Description
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)Overview
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Featured Crew
- Director : Vincente Minnelli
- Producer : John Houseman
- Editor : Conrad A. Nervig
- Cast : Lana Turner,Kirk Douglas,Walter Pidgeon,Dick Powell,Barry Sullivan,Gloria Grahame,Leo G. Carroll,Gilbert Roland,Paul Stewart,Vanessa Brown,Elaine Stewart,Sammy White,Ivan Triesault,Lucy Knoch,Jay Adler,Stanley Andrews,Del Armstrong,Ben Astar,Barbara Billingsley,John Bishop,Madge Blake,Marshall Bradford,Paul Bradley,Hadda Brooks,Ralph Brooks,Robert Burton,Francis X. Bushman,Louis Calhern,Marietta Canty,Robert Carson,Beulah Christian,Janet Comerford,James Conaty,Jonathan Cott,Lillian Culver,Alexis Davidoff,Bob Davis,Sandy Descher,Helen Dickson,Phil Dunham,Steve Dunhill,Franklyn Farnum,James Farrar,Bess Flowers,Charles Fogel,George Ford,Steve Forrest,Kathleen Freeman,Rudy Germane,Frank Gerstle,Joe Gilbert,Ned Glass,James Gonzalez,Phyllis Graffeo,Herschel Graham,A. Cameron Grant,Marion Gray,William E. Green,Dabbs Greer,Robert Haines,Sam Harris,Dick Johnstone,Ted Jordan,Joseph Keane,Kenner G. Kemp,Peggy King,Mike Lally,Louise Lane,George J. Lewis,Wilbur Mack,Paul Marion,Paul Maxey,May McAvoy,Harold Miller,Hans Moebus,Patrick J. Molyneaux,Roger Moore,Ellanora Needles,Richard Norris,William H. O'Brien,Pat O'Malley,Christopher Olsen,Dorothy Patrick,William Phillips,Murray Pollack,Paul Power,Kathy Qualen,Anthony Redondo,Jeff Richards,Loretta Russell,Jeffrey Sayre,Frank J. Scannell,Perry Sheehan,George Sherwood,Reginald Simpson,Mabel Smaney,Norman Stevans,William Tannen,Dee Turnell,Harry Tyler,Kaaren Verne,Ray Walker,Harte Wayne,Lawrence A. Williams,Eric Wilton,Wilson Wood,Douglas Yorke,Helen Young
Cast
Georgia Lorrison
Jonathan Shields
Harry Pebbel
James Lee Bartlow
Fred Amiel
Rosemary Bartlow
Henry Whitfield
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Syd Murphy
Kay Amiel
Lila
Gus
Von Ellstein
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Ferraday (uncredited)
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Piano Player (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
McDill (uncredited)
Eulogist (uncredited)
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Ida (uncredited)
Casting Director (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Priest (uncredited)
Assistant (uncredited)
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Miss March (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Leading Lady (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Leading Man (uncredited)
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Arlene (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Crew Member (uncredited)
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Rosa (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Judge (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Leading Man (uncredited)
Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Bad and the Beautiful
Status Released
Release Information
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1952-12-25
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 58m
Budget₹ 1558000
Revenue₹ 3373000
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
